Polarimetric Radar Studies of Atmospheric Ice Particles

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 1-10

  Hagen, M ^c   Meischner, P ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIMETERS; RADAR IMAGING;

ATMOSPHERIC ICE PARTICLES; DIFFERENTIAL PROPAGATION PHASE; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATIONS; ICE WATER CONTENT (IWC); LINEAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0028132356     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.285183     Document Type: Article

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